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Audio link: To hear Nancy Crist, coordinator of the Ohio University Coalition of Habitat, discuss this project and the merits of Habitat, go to www.ohiou.edu/news/audio/
Contact: Nancy Crist, (740) 593-1804 or crist@ohio.edu, or Media Specialist Jack Jeffery, (740) 597-1793 or jefferyj@ohio.edu.
Habitat Groundbreaking
The Ohio University Coalition of Habitat for Humanity will break ground on a new home in the Frog Hollow community of Nelsonville, Ohio, at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 3. Ohio University students will join in the hammering with Habitat volunteers and Ohio University Facilities Management personnel to build the home for a family of nine. The project's goal is to be finished by Christmas.
The Osteopathic Heritage Foundation is a major benefactor of the project.
Since its founding in 1990, the Athens County chapter of Habitat for Humanity has built eight homes in Athens, Amesville, Coolville, Glouster, Nelsonville and Sharpsburg. Construction expenses are kept at a minimum through donated materials and labor of volunteers, and the homes are sold at no profit. The cost is then repaid through a no-interest mortgage over a fixed period of time.
Directions: On Route 33 in Nelsonville, turn east on Madison Street (intersection near Cross Roads convenience store) for .4 miles, then turn right on Frank Street. The site is at the end of the street. Many of the streets crossing Madison Street are unmarked. After passing Franklin Street, proceed through next stop sign, and Frank Street is the second street on right, just before Edward Street.
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